A comparative study of marine litter on the seafloor of coastal areas in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 296-304

  Ioakeimidis, C ^a,b   Zeri, C ^a   Kaberi, H ^a   Galatchi, M ^c   Antoniadis, K ^d   Streftaris, N ^a   Galgani, F ^e   Papathanassiou, E ^a   Papatheodorou, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRIGORE ANTIPA   (Romania)

^d Marine Environmental Division   (Cyprus)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic; Black Sea; Eastern Mediterranean; Litter; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION;

BENTHIC; BLACK SEA; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; LITTER; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; QUALITATIVE COMPOSITIONS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOCERAMICS; GLASS; METAL; PLASTIC; WASTE;

BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEAFLOOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC MARINE LITTER; BLACK SEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LITTER SIZE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE;

ACHAEA; AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; CONSTANTA; CYPRUS; GREECE; LIMASSOL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); PATRAS; ROMANIA; SARONIKOS GULF; WESTERN GREECE;

BLACK SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84914117877     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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